Fillmore News

Belen Burgos addresses the media at a vigil Friday night in Fillmore near the spot where her nephew Sergio Mendez was killed in December.

Celebrate at home Valentine's Day is no doubt an uncomfortable time for the romantically and financially challenged.

As a lifelong farmer and fisherman here in Ventura County, a balanced discussion by policymakers is needed on the Santa Clara River restoration process.

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. M. Cecelia Cuevas, 48, of Fillmore, has been appointed to the 31st District Agricultural Association, Ventura County Fair Board.

The Jazz Heritage Center will have a range of educational programs for the community, particularly youth, so that visitors of all ages will have access to the history of San Francisco jazz from its earliest origins through the booming and vibrant heyday of the Fillmore jazz era, and into the present 'Rebirth of the Cool" in the Fillmore.

A westward view of the Fillmore bridge crossing Sespe Creek shows the recent cleanout of rock and debris at the center.

KVA Aerospace will continue to manufacture custom aircraft parts for the military from its headquarters in Fillmore while opening a new facility in Texas, company officials said Tuesday.

A Friday afternoon shooting in the Fillmore district inspired some shock and outrage about "blatant violence" in the area -- but, as more details emerge, it turns out that this shooting might have been less street warfare, and more firearm mishandling.

While the number of homicides in areas patrolled by Ventura County sheriff's deputies was up slightly last year, violent crime as a whole dropped.

Income and other social inequities between east and west Ventura County might be issues residents sense intuitively, but rarely are theyA discussed.

Morty is a brindle pit bull-Shar-Pei mix who came into the shelter as a stray from Fillmore on Dec.

Former Fillmore City Manager, Roy Payne, and current City Manager, Yvonne Quiring.

The controversial practice called fracking used to extract oil and natural gas has made headlines around the nation in recent months as questions are raised about potential links to tainted groundwater and earthquakes.

Richard Quinn/Special to the Star Kathy Pace, right, and her daughter, Victoria, 11, pick up trash at Two Rivers Park in Fillmore.

Zoey Apple smiles as her father, Tony, helps her walk on a balance beam at a park in downtown Piru.

An 85-year-old Fillmore man suffered minor to moderate injuries when he was struck by a sport utility vehicle Friday afternoon, according to the Fillmore Police Department.